personality psych 5 - things...

The Phenomenological Approach- The phenomenological approach is the study of how people make sense out of things • also known as humanistic psychology, secular humanism, self psychology • The reason why people act in particular ways over time is due to the way they interpret situations • Underlying themes in phenomenology (very different from psychoanalytic approach) o Meanings are critical o Ignore the unconscious o People are basically good  When someone behaves badly, it’s because society corrupted them o We live now , not then- Carl Rogers • THEORY: Need for self-actualization  organismic evaluation  fully-functioning person o Self-actualization = becoming the best you can be  Believed all living things had this need o Organismic evaluation is wholistic and accurate  Evaluate yourself according to need to self-actualize  Wholistic = Should be all-in or all-out for every experience you have, no

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